time for a look at the weather — here's susan powell.he cloud continues to tumble into the west of the uk. the east will remaina the west of the uk. the east will remain a place to be to get the best of the sunny spells this afternoon. lovely images coming in from our weather watchers. the satellite gives an indication of what's going on, the weather system rolling in from the atlantic. still plenty of cold air around as the system makes its way across tonight. they can be complications first thing tomorrow. this afternoon a fine story for england and wales. more cloud across scotland, best of the sunshine in the moray firth. rain arriving into northern ireland courtesy of this weather front. it will be accompanied by squally winds through the evening. some snow across higher ground of scotland. and across the pennines. quite heavy rain as this weather system moves across england and wales through the small hours. and the temperatures will come down behind the front, wet surfaces, the perfect recipe for wide stretches of ice on tuesday.

here's susan powell. good afternoon to you. we're not seeing much in the way of sunshine gci’oss seeing much in the way of sunshine across the uk at the moment, a few glimmers across east anglia, thanks to one of our weather watchers. hopeful in the coming days things will be brighter, however tuesday and wednesday will also be somewhat more chilly, picking up a northerly wind. here we are at the moment with an area of low pressure to the north of the uk, keeping things windy in scotla nd of the uk, keeping things windy in scotland for the rest of today and overnight tonight. this is a cold front, clue in the name, cold a south behind it. in the afternoon, a little rain across england and wales but it'll stay mild with highs of 10-15, but the but it'll stay mild with highs of 10—15, but the strength of those winds could still be problematic. gusty in the north of scotland, perhaps 65, 75, maybe even 80 mph. this will roll into the north sea overnight, the wind picking on more ofa overnight, the wind picking on more of a norther

here's susan powell. good afternoon. pretty quiet story for most of the uk at the moment, lots of sunshine and a bit of a northerly breeze. butjust look at cromer this morning, combined with high spring tides we have seen coastal upwelling and some flooding. some very stormy scenes. this is because of high pressure, that is feeding the northerly winds down gci’oss feeding the northerly winds down across the north sea and bringing the more chilly arctic air to all parts of the uk, hence the fresher feel. the winds will stay strong gci’oss across the south—east of england this afternoon, particularly anywhere from felixstowe to southend, in the next hour or so we could see similar scenes to those we just saw in cromer with the coastal upwelling. it is very calm in comparison, the bigger picture. lighter winds in scotla nd bigger picture. lighter winds in scotland than yesterday. a northerly breeze is affecting the whole country, making it feel chilly and bringing some showers into the north sea coast, but lots of sunshine

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.have seen quite a lot of sunshine across the uk today in contrast to yesterday, we apostle had a fair number of weather watcher pictures like these featuring rainbows and most of them have come from the north west of scotland where we have had frequent showers. the wind has been affecting scotland and northern england. hidden in here is a weatherfront which will gradually start to introduce some notably cold air to the far north of the uk by the end of the night. the south should stay frost—free, quite a widespread frost for scotland first thing on monday. that colder air and started trickle south through the day on monday so definitely a chilly feel to proceedings. hopefully a bit of sunshine, some thicker cloud in the east and the cloud thickening in the west. 0ur temperatures down on the weekend, just 4 degrees there in aberdeen. hello, this is bbc news with me, julian worricker. the headlines: theresa may has warned mps preparing to vote on her eu withdrawal deal that a failure to

thanks, reshmin — and susan powell has all the weather. taking a look at what all of the weather watchers have been doing. thanks, susan. also coming up — british hopes ride high at the oscars, with nominations for olivia colman and richard e grant — and the favourite isjointly leading the race for best picture. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. french authorities have said that the argentinian footballer emiliano sala, who's just been signed by cardiff city, was on board a light aircraft that has disappeared off the channel islands. a search is on for the plane, which had two people on board. it disappeared from radar yesterday evening on its way from france to cardiff. here'sjoe wilson. emiliano sala at cardiff city, the club's record signing. he'd already travelled to wales at the weekend to sign and to publicise his transfer to the club, the start of something new, the big move of his career. translation: i am very happy, very happy to be here with you. it gives me enormous pleasure, and i'm going to start my tr

time for a look at the weather... here's susan powell.l. as you can see more showers to come in the next few hours and some significant accumulations especially do not exclusively across the hills. showers will eventually clear out through the channel through the later part of the evening. some snow flurries to the north and west and potentially the coldest night of the winter so far. there will be some sunshine tomorrow, we sit in a cold north westerly feed of air but we need to keep a close eye on this feature which looks like it mayjust roll back into parts of east anglia and kent through tomorrow. and we could have some significant amounts of snow. some further flurries for wales, the west of scotland and northern ireland as well. a cold day with some lingering freezing fog in places. thursday a leather chilly day but a change into the north—west later in the day. some snow at first and then some rain. milder air sitting behind this front. and that will move across the uk into friday and temperatures returning closer to average for th

time for a look at the weather with susan powell. flat grey with the occasional promise of something a bit brighter. hopefully sunday will deliver as clearer skies start to feeding from the north. behind this weather front isa the north. behind this weather front is a cold front, not much in terms of bringing rainfall but it will start to introduce some slightly chillier air. on the next few days we are sitting on the boundary between cold air from the arctic and milderair between cold air from the arctic and milder air pushing in from the atla ntic milder air pushing in from the atlantic and that will flip—flop our temperatures as we move into next week. on sunday, we have mild sitting to the south ahead of the cold front, quite a bit of cloud, temperatures still set to reach double figures. further north, brighter skies, showers in northern and western scotland but the temperatures will fall through the day behind the cold front and we are looking at seven or eight in glasgow and aberdeen. overnight on sunday into monday, the colde

let's find out how the weather is looking here is susan powell.t, just the occasional promise of something a little bit brighter. hopefully, someday it will deliver. as clear skies start to feed him from the north. behind this weather friend, it's a cold weather front. not going to do much in terms of bringing rainfall, but it will start to introduce just rainfall, but it will start to introducejust some rainfall, but it will start to introduce just some slightly chillier air. in the next few days, we're going to sit on the boundary between some cold air coming in from the arctic, and milder trying to push in from the atlantic. that's going to flip flop our temperatures as we move into next week. for sunday, what we have a smile they're sitting to the south ahead of that cold weather front, and sitting to the south ahead of that cold weatherfront, and quite sitting to the south ahead of that cold weather front, and quite a sitting to the south ahead of that cold weatherfront, and quite a bit of clout around. temperatures though still set to reach

we can cross the newsroom to susan powell it has been behaving itself quite well today.we have had a few showers in races to some patchy cloud running its way down the north sea. most solid cloud is to the south, clearing the cold weather front at the moment of. showers are going to get more organised in the north as another weather front stars to push in as we go into the evening period. still quite windy this afternoon across scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland. the winds will ease overnight. that weather feature pushes across scotla nd weather feature pushes across scotland and goes to nothing at the end of the night but it does allow colder air into scotland added frosty start for tomorrow. elsewhere, we are generally frost—free as monty gets under way. a bit more cloud with the odd shower across eastern england. coming in from the west some thicker cloud and rainfor from the west some thicker cloud and rain for northern ireland and west of scotland. it will felt pressure than to date with highs of typically six to eight degrees. hello, this is bbc news.

time for a look at the weather with susan powell.ming days. aluko milder on friday but back into the cold for next weekend. chilly this morning with widespread frost. the best sunshine during the day is in the east. in the west we have a frontal system trying to push on. for england and wales, a fine story this afternoon, northern ireland has heavy rain and squally winds. in the rain comes through scotland this evening. the rain coming into england and wales as we move into choosing morning. temperatures tumble, so eyes could be an issue anywhere first thing on tuesday morning. rain, sleet and snow set to clear away from the south—east first thing. the story on tuesdayis south—east first thing. the story on tuesday is of a cold north—westerly wind and wintry showers, even down to lower levels in parts of western scotla nd to lower levels in parts of western scotland and northern ireland. later in the day moving into central and eastern areas. another cold day to come. temperatures for— five. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. t

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now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.like these featuring rainbows and most of them have come from the north west of scotland where we have had frequent showers. the wind has been affecting scotland and northern england.

here's susan powell.retches of untreated surfaces. most of our sky is overcast, the rain already swept across northern ireland, and probably some snow in scotla nd ireland, and probably some snow in scotland for a time. squally wins rolling through. heavy for a time in wales in pushing through eastern england by the end of the night. —— squally wins. we could see some ice anywhere in there may be lying snow places in scotland, northern ireland, and maybe the pennines. overnight lows in rural spots don't a mystery. the tail end of that front still in place across the far south—east on tuesday but basically the story for the day will be of chilly north—westerly winds coming down from the polls, feeding in quite a few wintry showers to scotla nd quite a few wintry showers to scotland and northern ireland, entered northern england for a time, and come the afternoon those will move and come the afternoon those will m ove a cross and come the afternoon those will move across to the midlands, east anglia and the

here's susan powell. good evening. scotland, here it is contributing to the wintry chaos across central europe. we sit on the western flank with a northerly breeze and that is what has brought us a chilly day moving into the arctic air. the wind will start to ease overnight and the skies will remain largely clear after a day that brought us lots of sunshine, then we set up perfectly, as you do at this time of year, for as you do at this time of year, for a widespread frost. nothing particularly severe, may be looking at —3 in the scottish glens and many towns and cities will stayjust above freezing. nonetheless, a chilly start to wednesday, but one with sunshine. the wind off the north sea feeding in a few isolated showers and some thick cloud toppling into the north—west will eventually bear some rain in the north—west of scotland. a good—looking day, but temperatures have slid down into the mid range of single figures and that is before you factor in the northerly breeze. for many of us, it will feel closer to freezi

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell.lear spells but now we look at an area of low pressure rolling towards scotland which will bring heavier rain through the course of the night. rain briefly across eastern england, dry story to the south, overnight, further north the south, overnight, further north the wettest weather. strong winds across the board particularly gusty across the board particularly gusty across northern scotland and a bit of rain into northern ireland and northern england, just look how mild it is. these are overnight lows, eight or nine more like the daytime highs we would see at this time of year. mild day again on sunday to the south of the uk, temperatures in double figures. further north clear skies start to push in and fresher air, by the afternoon we are looking at temperatures of eight or nine. starting to feel somewhat hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... prison sentences of under six months could be scrapped in england and wales for all but violent and sexual offences un

here's susan powell. good afternoon. of a northerly breeze. butjust look at cromer this morning, combined with

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.ring rainbows and most of them have come in from the north west of scotland. the win also affected scotla nd scotland. the win also affected scotland and northern england, it will start to use out of the evening and the showers will peter out but hidden in here is our weatherfront which will gradually start to introduce him multiply colder air to the far north of the uk. to the south, which is a frost free and a widespread for scotland. that colder airwill widespread for scotland. that colder air will continue to trickle its way south through the day on monday. definitely a chilly or to proceedings and thankfully quite a bit of sunshine and the cloud of the east and the cloud they getting from the west as today goes on and drizzly rain into northern ireland was in scotland. temperatures down of the week in just 4 degrees there in aberdeen. hello this is bbc news... the headlines... theresa may has warned mps, preparing to vote on her eu withdrawal deal, that a failure to deliver brexit

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.turday, and rather flat and grey. the occasional help of some brightness on the horizon. skies were clear for southern and eastern scotland for a time, but the cloudis set to thicken here to the evening and overnight. with some heavy rain pounding in to the northwest of scotland. it was stay breezy throughout the evening and overnight, that could be some brief rain across eastern england through the early part of the evening. generally to the south of the uk though, a murky story, but a dry one into this morning hours of sunday. for the north much wetter. windy pretty much across the board, strong gusts for exposed parts of scotland, and a very mild night. the tempter profile shows you greens and yellows, it will be mild even by the afternoons standards at this time of year. with temperatures of eight or 9 degrees, but these are our overnight lows, as we go into sunday morning. and here's sunday, now you can see a cold—weather front sliding its way down the neck of these isoba rs on su

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell.mports of norfolk and lincolnshire. it could bring showers here, also, that breeze. a cold day to day and overnight a widespread frost. not particularly severe. probably looking at lows of —3 in scotland. in towns and cities, just hovering above. tomorrow a cold day. the wind a little lighter. sunshine but hazy in the east. cloud coming in off the north sea and thicker cloud bringing rain to the north—west later in the day. you have to factor in the wind and when you do that it will feel close to freezing. hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: police say they'll deal robustly with anyone who commits a criminal offence outside parliament — after a conservative mp and others were confronted yesterday. crowd: soubry is a nazi! soubry is a nazi! well, apologies to you if you're offended by that. ijust think this is astonishing. scotland's highest court rules the government didn't follow correct procedures, while investigating sexual harassment claims against a

the national news bulletin with mishal hussein — now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powellorted some chillier air, so it has felt pressure, despite the brighter weather. the reason it's turned a little chilly is a cold front has sunk its way south across the uk, not producing much in the way of rain but allowing some relatively cold air in. behind this band of showers working its way south and there is cooler air still. we have had a windy day, those winds will gradually ease through the night, the weather feature kind of fizzles out in terms of bringing many showers as it makes its way south, certainly the cold air does feed in behind it, a frosty start for scotland on monday. further south lows of 4—5d, typically frost free apart from one or two isolated spots. for monday the story is of a fresher day for most of us, but then temperatures will bounce back up for tuesday, then towards the end of the week they will tail back down to below average values again, so a fluctuating story in the next five days. monday, largely under the influence of high pressure, the tail end of

earlier, i stepped behind the screen to talk to susan powell, who told me what was going on.o we've had high pressure over the uk that has kept us very settled, high pressure over the east that just allows the temperature to keep falling away across eastern europe. and then basically, we create a roadway between the two, thanks to the jet stream, itjust keeps diving these areas of low pressure down into the heart of europe. this is the feature that has brought the recent snow across the alps, causing chaos across the balkans on thursday. and if you start our clock rolling, you can see that system still keep some snow across the alps. but this is our problem, these lows continue to roll over and but up to the cold air. it looks like we will take a bit of a breather in proceedings in the early part of the weekend, but we are keeping a close eye on these areas here tipping into sunday, and the isobars coming together, as well. strong winds are blowing the snow around, causing problems with ice. it still looks like a lot of mess to come, unfortunately. why is it that the uk and o

time for a look at the weather, with susan powell.lear skies will stay with us through this evening and overnight. northerly wind will also start to ease, and that is setting us start to ease, and that is setting us up perfectly for widespread frost to develop the the evening and overnight, still a chance of the odd shower drifting into northern scotland, a couple on the north sea coast bus is essentially a finite and by the small hours, the frost pretty widespread. not especially severe, lows of —3 in some more rural parts of scotland. some of the towns and cities will stayjust above freezing on wednesday. a good looking day with a lot of sunshine, more hazy towards the north sea, some rain eventually pushing it in the north west of scotland in the afternoon. temperatures sliding further down into single figures, and we must factor in the wind on wednesday. for many of us, it will feel close to freezing. this is bbc news. the headlines: scotland yard says the police presence outside parliament is to be boosted after some mps, includi

more coming up, including the latest on those up for oscar nods in a few weeks' time, but first susan powellrs pushing across eastern england, here is a recent image from bucks, and many spots are seeing pictures like these, and of course it is the evening rush hour, and things are a little treacherous on the roads. we have had a line of showers organising themselves to give a heavier spell of snow, and that line will continue tracking eastwards in the next few hours, but still some difficult conditions if you are heading home or out through the early evening. heavier showers pushing into south wales and the midlands as well, further snow flurries in northern ireland and for western scotland. it is a chilly evening, it will be a cold night, potentially our coldest of the year so far, down to minus 9 degrees in some areas. no surprises, ice could bea some areas. no surprises, ice could be a problem just about anywhere. something else that we need to watch very closely, a line of flowers tucking back into the south—east, look out for dangerous conditions particularly in kent first thing tomorr

here's susan powell with the forecast. it is cold. no surprises there.e a lot of rain overnight and is the skies clear by the weather front it will get much colder and ice could bea will get much colder and ice could be a big dealforfirst will get much colder and ice could be a big deal for first thing tomorrow. this even quite squally winds of this front goes across england and wales. this is white across scotland and on the manhunt with a spell of snow and when trish showers. —— across scotland and northern ireland. ice could be an issue anywhere. lows around —3 “11 in the coldest spots. tomorrow morning rain, sleet and snow. not much settling there. a lot of sunshine through the day as a whole aplenty wintry showers first thing for scotla nd wintry showers first thing for scotland and northern ireland and stretching into northern england and ending the day across central and eastern parts. covering possible just about anywhere where we get the heavy showers. even we get the sunshine wintry day with temperatures of the lower end of single figures. you'

time for a look at the weather, with susan powell. good evening once again.north, producing very choppy seas around the northern isles will stop here is a picture from walkley just a few isles will stop here is a picture from walkleyjust a few hours ago. the reason for our change in the weather and the strong winds at the moment, this area of low pressure, the centre now pulling off into the north sea. the winds will ease a little overnight. the clearer skies coming into the north behind a cold front. still a windy story in the near future for the north of scotland, costs up to 75 mph, certainly strong enough to cause some disruption. let's start the sequence running now, through the evening and into the small hours of tuesday. the locals out of the east, the winds swinging around becoming more northerly. largely dry night, the few showers in scotland, the odd one dripping into the north sea coast. it turns much chillier overnight behind the cold front with clearing skies, but the wind is strong enough that we should be frost free first thing on tuesday. most

thanks katherine, and susan powell has all the weather.ual assault charge. more information can be provided as to why it might be... i have not seen any to why it might be... i have not seen any of the these reports so i do not know what what information you base this request on, i do think that the seventh and eighth would be appropriate timespan to preserve the evidence but i understand that even if the motion is allowed it can be modified down the road and be tightened up, so i'm inclined to allow the motion. i do not know if and when to do it all the way up until the seventh and the eighth, and may give you six months worth of reservation but i do not know that i'm going to require that everything be preserved. at this point that would be satisfactory, six months would be satisfactory, six months would be satisfactory, six months would be better than nothing and i am willing to accommodate the commonwealth. so from july seven? july seven and thereafter six—month. six month thereafter there will be a requirement that the cellphones and

time for the one o'clock news with ben brown but first it's time for a look at the weather with susan powelleeding the cloud income also bringing in colderair feeding the cloud income also bringing in colder air behind the cold front and tightly packed isobars are making for a windy story for the remainer of today, particularly across scotland. gusty on north sea coasts too. most of the cloud in the south breaking up as we had through this evening and on into tonight. showers in northern scotla nd tonight. showers in northern scotland turning wintry across the grampians, the odd one feeding into in the north york moors by the end of the night. temperatures will be above freezing and noticed the skies are above freezing and noticed the skies a re clear above freezing and noticed the skies are clear first above freezing and noticed the skies are clearfirst on above freezing and noticed the skies are clear first on and on tuesday so there should be sunny spells on the way. just a little bit more cloud towards the west and the wind is still a defining feature for scotla nd still a defining featu

time for the one o‘clock news with ben brown, but first it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powellome widespread icy stretches first thing on tuesday. a difficult mixture of rain, sleet and snow in the south—east. behind a weather front, in the cold air, it is snow showers for tuesday. into scotland and northern ireland, especially the north—west of england and north wales through the morning, but as the day pans out, the wind could push a few of them further eastwards. in the afternoon, the midlands could see some wintry flurries, east anglia, maybe the south—east. as likely to be wet snow here. further north, a covering possible just about anywhere. we see the showers and another cold there, highs of four or 5 degrees. a cold night will follow, into a cold day on wednesday. plenty of frost around this week. the one change will come for friday, when will see something a little milder arriving from the west. it will be temporarily, we will have the colder regime for the weekend. here is wednesday, a lot of sunshine on offer, a few wintry showers. some wintry showers again on the ca

here‘s susan powell.ies will stayjust above first thing wednesday. a good—looking day, a lot of sunshine, a little hazy towards the north sea thanks to some high cloud with some rain pushing into the north—west of scotla nd rain pushing into the north—west of scotland in the afternoon. temperatures are sliding further down into single figures and we must factor in the wind. add that on and for many it will feel closer to freezing. today at 5, scotland yard says the police presence outside parliament is to be boosted — after some mps experienced abuse and intimidation. the conservative anna soubry was called a ‘nazi‘ and ‘scum‘ yesterday , because of her opposition to brexit, drawing this response today. in a democracy, we want people to be able to speak to the politicians and we want people to be able to protest. what has been happening has gone way beyond that, but it is a minority. a very small group of right—wing extremists. we‘ll have the latest from westminster, and we‘ll be talking to a former met p

connell: susan, carol roth, former investment banker, creator of future file legacy system. paul after ersano. we'll start with you first. we'll talk about the jay powell comments susan referenced of the does he have a feel for the markets to borrow a phrase? what do you think? >> he was flanked by his wing men there. yellen and he had bernanke and i think he had a better sense what the markets wanted to hear. not that should be his mandate, boy, were investors happy to hear from him. not only on interest rates. the connell, the other interesting thing, they might take a different position with the balance sheet. we heard from him they were thinking about europe and strong dollar and some concerns investors have been airing last couple weeks. a lot of happiness from investors to hear from jay powell first time in long time. connell: this idea he will listen, be flexible. there is no preset path, paul. it is kind of interesting to investors, top two concerns that come up are china, we'll talk about in a few minutes and federal reserve. does the powell commentary today take the federal reserve off the table as a concern? >> i don't think the federal rese

susan: let's quickly talk about the federal reserve. i want to talk about jerome powell this year and what they will do with interest rates. do you feel they have been swayed by president trump? >> no. susan: raising interest rates in 2019? >> i don't think they have been swayed by president trump. i think just the opposite, because they have had nine hikes and they did one in december when he did not really want one done. now, what they said recently, you can take both ways. they are in a wait and see policy. we won't know until march likely what they do. now, we will see some ideas beforehand because we will see more economic numbers coming out. i know the market rally both on the idea there are trade meetings going on and powell saying we are in wait and see mode. it could change in a day if we get high economic indicators that show any type of inflation, trust me, there will be another rate hike. susan: what about the government shutdown? some are thinking this was going to impact consumer confidence at some point. that will eventually filter through the economy whic

cesndso, kendra horn, angie craig, joe cunningham, chris papas, andy levin, susan wild, sylvia garcia, katie porter, debbie mercasel-powell, dean madeleine, hailey stevens, gregg stanton, josh harter, lucy mcbath, abigail spanberger, chrissie high school hasn't, donna shalala, alexander ocasio karates, t.j. conform, dean phillips, johanna hayes, and then a few more people who have added their names in the script that i may not be able to read accurately. in total, an estimated 46 signatures on this letter addressed to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. president, i ask this letter be entered into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: mr. president, the freshmen of the house are speaking a lot of common sense in this letter. they're saying, here we are looking at bills that the senate passed under republican leadership, that the house has passed under democratic leadership. that's the foundation for going forward. let not the senate leadership be the obstruction to common sense. let not this chamber sit empty, sit quiet, sit without votes on these bills to put our government back to wo

today's jobs report was like a good shot of adrenaline and jerome powell came in and almost stole the show. neil: you're right about that. susando know is the market isn't worried about this shutdown. maybe because it's a partial shutdown, maybe because it's not affecting directly the things that would rattle the markets. but they're ignoring it thus far. to their detriment or they have other bigger worries? susan: bigger worries. we have been here before. it's a story that's been played out already. i want to note the positivity today. take a look at the internal market dynamics which really tell a positive story. i look at the up volume versus the down volume. today, we are 15:1 in terms of going up versus going down. the small caps, i want to point this out quickly, russell 2000 up 9% since they hit their bottom of that bear market since christmas eve day basically when we had the worst christmas eve session ever. neil: you're right. that could be a ringing endorsement for small company stocks that would look like they were down for the count. they might still be, but it is important to point out that comeback in just a bri

and ag case gil cisneros rashida tlaib angie craig joe cunningham chris pappas and susan wilde, katie porter, debbie powell dylan omar , dean matalin, haley stephens, greg stanton, josh harter, lindsay macbeth, abigail sand burger, chrissie houlihan, donnana shalala, laura underwood alexandria ocasio-cortez, veronica escobar, cj cox, deanrm phillips, jahana hayes and a few more people who have added their names in script that i may not be able to read accurately. an estimated 46 signatures on this letter addressed to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. president i asked this letter be etched into the record. >> without objection. >> esther president the freshman of the house are speaking a lot of common sense in this letter. they are saying here we are, looking at those that the senate passed under republican leadership. that the house has passed under democratic leadership. that's the foundation for going forward. let's not the senate leadership to be the obstruction to common sense. but not this chamber sit empty, sit quiet, sit without votes from these bills to put our government back to work. t